Vocab: Development

Question 1

heredity

Answer 1

passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another

Question 2

genome

Answer 2

all the DNA in an organism, including its genes

Question 3

genomics

Answer 3

(1) study of the structure and interactions of all genes in the human body, including their interactions with each other as well as the environment;
(2) emerging discipline in which genomic information about a person is used in their clinical care (e.g., for diagnostic or therapeutic decision making)
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Question 4

epigenetics

Answer 4

study of the changes that occur in organisms due to modification of gene expression and hereditability

Question 5

epigenomics

Answer 5

epigenetic changes that occur in many genes or the entire organism

Question 6

cognitive development

Answer 6

learning that occurs as a result of the internal organization of an event, which forms a mental schema (plan) and serves as a base for further schemata as one grows and develops (Piaget’s theory of cognitive development)

Question 7

assimilation

Answer 7

process by which a person interprets information to fit the current level of cognition

Question 8

accommodation

Answer 8

process by which intellectual acts are changed to handle increasingly complex information